This piece is a favorite of MESS co-founders Ben Bliss and Lachlan Glen. It was also performed (by Mr. Glen) at MESS’s very first Premier Event. Its expansive, romantic string setting and virtuosic, rhapsodic piano was a highlight of the night.
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Founded by tenor Ben Bliss and pianist and conductor Lachlan Glen, Mise-En-Scène Studios (MESS) is an opera-focused classical arts company, economically and artistically built for the 21st century. MESS will present NYFOS’s A Goyishe Christmas on December 11 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
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